Modern Warfare 2 headshots XBLA activity
by Richard Mitchell 
on Nov 17th 2009 12:45PM
Okay, so
headshot might be too strong a word here, but
Modern Warfare 2 has certainly
wounded Xbox Live Arcade activity, as
GamerBytes reports that top Arcade titles have seen a massive reduction in leaderboard activity since the release of Infinity Ward's latest
blockbuster. Specifically,
Trials HD -- long the reigning XBLA champion -- saw its leaderboard numbers drop from 14,890 players on the week of November 2 to 8,942 the week of November 9, about a 40 percent loss. Meanwhile, other titles including
South Park,
Zombie Apocalypse and
Tower Bloxx Deluxe saw their leaderboards almost halved.
Castle Crashers, curiously, only saw its numbers drop from 8,395 players to 6,034, a reduction of only 28 percent.
Still, it's pretty clear that
Modern Warfare 2 has pulled a lot of gamers away from the more casual fare on XBLA. Either that, or lots of hardcore
Call of Duty fans unceremoniously yanked the controllers from their more casually-oriented significant others.
